The Eighth Annual Woodworking Show by the RCWA was the held on May 7, 2016 from 9 am until 4 pm. The event was held at the KnechtHomeCenter in Rapid City, SD. Rick Weisbeck, our in-store
coordinator, set up one of our RCWA Display cases in the store a week before
the show as a preview of the coming event.
On Friday evening, May 6th, members arrived to help Rick set up the
central area of the store for the show.
Knecht’s provided chairs and tables, and members arranged tables and
covered them with cloth, in preparation for the arrival of member’s woodworking
items to be displayed. Equipment to be
used for the scroll sawing, woodturning, toy making, and Computer Numerically
Controlled (CNC) routering demonstrations was unloaded and put in place. Early Saturday morning, signs made by Gary
Graves were placed by Danny Green at strategic locations around Knecht’s to
direct people to the show. We hoisted an
8’ sign sponsored by Coca Cola on West Blvd next the
Proceed with Caution billboard. By show
time at 9:00 am on Saturday, the stage was set and the Show began. Members spent many enjoyable hours during the
previous year prior to the show, cutting, building, and finishing the projects
that were brought together to share at the show.

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Rapid City, SD. The Rapid City Woodworkers
Association (RCWA) shared their skills and showed finished art products during
their eighth annual Woodworking Show on Saturday May 7, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the KnechtHomeCenter. The event was free to the public.

The show featured displays of fine woodworking
projects by individual members as well as group displays. The group displays highlighted collections of
Old Tools, modern replicas of Old Toys and Marble Games all in step with this
year’s theme: CARNIVAL. There were live demonstrations of woodturning,
scroll sawing, toy-making, and CNC routers. Visitors to the show
registered for a monthly club newsletter and various door prizes of donated
wooden items hand-made by members. A raffle was held for several select handmade
wooden items. Any proceeds from the show will be used to buy supplies for the
RCWA’s Toy Making Program for less fortunate children in the Black Hills.

Woodworking demonstrations included several
projects. These demonstrations explained
how to make wooden toys and boxes, turning bowls and pens on a lathe, and using
a scroll saw for 3D Cutting and cutting of name signs. Interested children were able to have their
individual names cut from wood and take them home. Visitors were invited to help sand toy parts. Members of the RCWA were available to share
advice as well as swap ideas for techniques and projects from those attending
the show.

Photos from the Show:

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